Thursday 03 May 2012 - 12:04:00
Kunos Simulazioni is very proud to announce a new licensing agreement with one of the most prestigious Car Manufacturers, BMW AG. This license will allow the development team to reproduce some of the most desirable BMW production models in Assetto Corsa, including several racing cars. The BMW AG license has been one of the first that we tried to obtain, because their cars have exemplary balance and handling, and we think that they are perfect vehicles to demonstrate the quality of our new simulation technology.
Kunos Simulazioni development team commented:
“Kunos Simulazioni is proud to introduce the first model of the BMW collection for Assetto Corsa, the BMW 1 Series M Coupé, one of the most highly rated of BMW’s recent production cars: The traditional straight six cylinder engine, is enhanced by two turbocompressors and outputs 340 bhp, with 450Nm of torque that remains constant from 1500rpm up to 4500rpm. Together with a small, lightweight and agile body propped up by big 19 inches wheels and fat tyres, delivers outstanding performance. With just 4.9 seconds 0-100km/h time, and an electronically limited top speed of 250km/h, this car is no slouch. Most importantly, the combination of all of the above, results in an extremely fun car to drive, whether you are seeking the best lap-time or just trying to take every single turn sideways.
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Wednesday 18 April 2012 - 11:04:17
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Sim-Racing.org is pleased to announce a sixth edition of the "SR 24h de la Sarthe". For the first time, we can ensure that all teams will see the checkered flag.
Others talk about revolutions, we actually do it. Please watch the new site navigation. We have include a new separate
forum, for this event only. The team registration begins on April 17, 2012. All times on our webpage/calendar/announcements are for CEST time zone. All participants must be
registered on sim-racing.org.
We wish all the teams and drivers a fantastic time at Sim Racing.org. :)
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Wednesday 18 April 2012 - 11:04:10
Meine Herren,
am Samstag brüllen vorerst zum letzten Mal die Motoren der GT3-Boliden in der 2012-er Edition der "GT-Eins Langstreckenserie". Gefahren wird der "Eifelpokal 500" - 500km auf der Nürburgring Nordschleife. Natürlich hofft die Orga auf ein ansehnliches Fahrefeld. Aber wir wissen, dass die 3. Auflage dieser Rennserie von einigen Pannen begleitet wurde. Aber auch das virtuelle Leben ist einem permanenten Lernprozess unterworfen.
Trotz alle Widrigkeiten sehen wir einem spannenden Finale im Hinblick auf den Gesamtsieg entgegen. Notox Racing reist mit 90kg "Ehrenblei" punktgleich mit Torrent Motorsports (100kg)in die Eifel. Quadriga Corse liegt mit nur 8 Punkten Rückstand auf Platz 3 der Meisterschaft. Und auch auf den weiteren Rängen sind noch viele Verschiebungen möglich.
Das Event wird natürlich live in Stream 1 auf Simrace.TV übertragen und wir freuen uns auf Harald, der nicht nur weitere Proben seines enormen Wissens im Bereich Motorsport liefern, sondern bestimmt wieder mit einem "Special Promi" überraschen wird.
Wir wünschen allen Team ein spannendes und erfolgreiches Rennen.
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Friday 13 April 2012 - 10:49:20
Kunos Simulazioni is very proud to announce a new car for their forth coming simulation: Assetto Corsa, our first historic Formula One car, the Lotus Type 49, a real legend of motorsport. As described in Michael Oliver’s book, “Lotus 49 – The story of a legend” the Lotus 49 embodies Colin Chapman's original philosophy of simplicity and lightness in an elegant form. In a single leap the Lotus 49 moved Formula One technology several notches up the evolutionary scale, and can now be seen as a pivot about which F1 technology turned and refocused. Not only was the 49 a state of the art design, but it would be driven through several tumultuous seasons by some of the world's greatest drivers including Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Emerson Fittipaldi.
Kunos Simulazioni development team commented:
"We consider it a privilege and a challenge to have a chance to reproduce one of history’s most iconic cars: The Lotus 49 represents a pinnacle in racing simulation, thanks to the combination between history, technology, lightness, power and beauty. With its shape and livery, the Lotus Type 49 is the ultimate representation of a classic age in Formula One racing, just before technology changed as aerodynamics came to the fore, and sponsorship and big business changed the sport forever. We wish to thank Clive Chapman and everyone at Classic Team Lotus for the opportunity and support they are giving us by allowing our team to recreate this kind of beauty and power, to the best of our ability. The Lotus Type 49 puts the physics engine of Assetto Corsa under great stress. Combining low grip vintage tyres with a nimble, lightweight chassis and a peaky powerful engine presents the perfect disaster scenario for any simracing physics engine. At KUNOS Simulazioni we believe that an F1 car of any age is a state of the art racing car, and as such it shouldn’t try to kill you just by exiting the pitlane. The Lotus 49 may be hard to drive to the limits when exploring its full potential, but it should also have exceptional handling, and offer confidence and grip when driven with authority and proper technique. As a result of official licensing, Classic Team Lotus is making real life data and engineering documents available to us, and so far all of our work and fine tuning of our new physics engine confirms our belief of how an iconic Formula 1 Car should handle. At the same time, we are humbled and amazed by the knowledge and ingenuity of the engineers and designers at Classic Team Lotus." The Lotus Type 49 has been modelled in every small detail, with particular attention to its visual and dynamic proprieties. The aim is to reproduce the Lotus 49’s impressive handling agility and power with maximum accuracy. The images released today show the current state of development; meanwhile, we are still working, improving and tweaking in order to bring the authentic, original, unique Lotus Type 49 to your PC.
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Tuesday 10 April 2012 - 16:36:15
Vor einer Woche fand bereits der 4. Lauf der GT-Eins Langstrecken Serie statt. Die 500km von Zeltweg wurden in Abwesenheit der bisher dominierenden Mannschaft von Torrent Motorsport vom Quadriga Corse-BMW gewonnen. Die punktegleiche Mannschaft von Notox Racing startete zwar in den Lauf, gab dann aber zu Rennmitte auf, um die Entscheidung beim letzten Rennen auf der Nürburgring Nordschleife sportlich mit den Konkurrenten ausfahren zu können. Rang 2 belegte der Ostsee Racing-Audi vor dem Jägermeister-Alpina des GT-Eins.de-Racing Teams, das damit das bislang beste Saisonresultat einfuhr. Es wäre sogar für das Team noch mehr möglich gewesen, aber der Alpina musste kurz vor dem Schluss, sicher auf P2 liegend, noch zweimal in die Box, um einen Fehler der Crew beim Betanken auszubügeln.
Leider vergab das Allstar Racing Team eine letzte Chance sich in noch einmal in den Meisterschaftskampf zurück bringen. Das zweite Jaguar-Team in der Serie fiel sehr gutem Start, dann aber nach diversen Fehlern auf P10 liegend in Runde 59 aus. Die Mannschaft Online-Motorsport - bis zum Ende des 2. Drittels auf Podestkurs - hatte in Runde 114 einen Unfall, fiel von P2 auf P7 und patzte bei der Strategie. Das Finale wird nun in zwei Wochen am 21.04. auf der Nürburgring Nordschleife beim 500km-Eifelpokal-Rennen ausgefahren.
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